In "The Revelation of St. John the Divine": Chapter 1: Verse 17: (revelation 1:17) -> "And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: (verse 18 - 20 also seemed applicable) -> 18: I am he that liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death. -> 19: Write the things which thou hast seen and things which are, and things which shall be hereafter; (well maybe not 19, :-)) -> 20: The myster of the seven stars which thou sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches. ok, a lot of this may seem confusing, but stay with me. John was the first to join the Spartan ll project, and i don't now for sure if he will be the last. the first verse aslo seem liek his character. There also many 7s in the game, 7 x 7 = 343, the monitor of isnatllation 4. Well, the connection between this and the bible may be slim, but it could work SOme other connections, God promised a "COVENANT" to Noah, that he would never have to face such a "FLOOD" again, and he made an "ARK" to honor gods forgivensess or sumthin like that. Now the covannt represnets the alien covenant, the flood represettns, well, the flood. Now the foreruners made the ark for a remote activation, i am guessing th covies landed on New Mombossa for a resaon, to actviate this ark ( quote for Halo 2"If this is th eon;y place on earth the covennat decided to land, there gonna tell us why",) Also, they wanted t conatian and study the flood, almost like a expiremtn room, so when the forerunenrs activated the rings, a few went of to earth, and ark, so that if any of that evrr happened again, they could do it from a remote activation, so nobody would get klilled. These conenctions may be hard to find, but possible